Currently, there's only one wineserver process launched to serve all Wine threads for a given user. What happens though, is that there are at least two context switches for each request to the wineserver. A shared memory wineserver architecture allow a Wine thread to access some data without any context switch, by only reading part of the shared memory of the wineserver. Thus the speed increase.
At the last Wineconf in January, Gavriel State (of Transgaming) showed a short demo of American McGee's Alice with a partial shared memory wineserver, and the increase in the fps was about two fold (yes, double of what it was with the current design).
If you had come here last Monday, it'd have been a bit higher than that. It was 98.9 cents a liter (the conversion depends on the rate between $US ans $CAN, but should be around 2.70$US/gal) at the time, and the local medias think it will be higher than that at the beginning of next week (as in, some gas station will need to tack a "1" someway or another in front of the usual digits for the price).
Going back to cycling in the winter, there are a couple bicycle courriers in downtown Montréal (and probably other major northern cities as well, like Ottawa and Toronto) which work all year long, doing nearly 100 km per day going from building to building, trying to avoid pedestrians while going as fast as possible in everyday traffic.
55 kph, not 55mph. They reach 55mph in descents, but the hour record (1 hour in a velodrome) is something around 60 km. I'm not sure if Indurain is still the record bearer for that one, he was a few years ago.
As for being unable to draw at all, this is a system for design engineers. As I understand it, design engineers take mechanical drawing. Computers are great for final plans, but you still need drawing skills for the concept sketches, yes? No?
The very first ideas might be sketched with pen and paper, but after that it's way easier to design it in CAD, raffining parts as the details are worked out. That way, you don't have to resketch completely a part because you need it in two different parts to be assembled rather than a whole one, or for whatever better reasons. Of course, you don't do the layouts (the technical drawings actually used to manufacture the part) until the details are worked out so as not to redo them 2 or 3 times, but the first use of any modern CAD software is 3d modeling, where the part takes form. And that is way more powerful than pen and paper.
But even the first man to go on Mars is brought back (John something). And the 100 first also, since after them big time Mars exploitation starts with workers from Earth. Obviously you want to ship back the stuff you mine...
Agreed. Although in some parts of Canada, the governments want to use some kind of electronic voting machines so the results are known faster after the closing of the polls. Personnally, I think the time it takes to manually count the ballots is already pretty short, so I don't see the point of changing voting procedure for another one.
The other thing to kkep in mind is that for a lot (all?) of local/statewide elections in the States, there are multiple things for the votes to vote on: propositions A to ZZ, one of the 135 candidates for office B, etc. It's easier when a single machine can tally all the counts at once, while manual counting would be easier with a separate box for each proposition.
Why having 2 PSU to the CD? The second one (only for CD) will be able to always power it if the primary is only connected to th MB. Since the CD and MB talk to each other only through the IDE cable, and this cable is meant to convey signals (ie, no current), there shouldn't be any problem with the minimal different voltages both PSU will supply. Of course, that means having the second one always on if you want to use the CD at the same time than the computer.
Of course, if it all burns in giant flames, don't point me...
I didn't knew Tom (or his editor) had relocated in Canada, because the last WD 7,200 rpm 80GB with 8MB cache I bought set me back $CAN 116. Either he's talking about a retail disk, or he didn't shop around much, or I got a much better deal than I thought.
The precedent version was 1.0.3.1, not 1.0.1. And it could save.ppt files (at least on Linux, but there's no reason it couldn't on all supported platforms).
Too much nostalgia from the Cold War, when superpowers didn't duked it out between themselves but through proxy nations (and war). I can't comment on the SCO/Microsoft part, but I don't think Red Hat's actions are "guided" by IBM. They're hurt by SCO's practices, and now is the time to answer.
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Consider that he's mostly "only" doing the 3D graphics engine, and that a couple mod groups have started to modify Quake into something quite different from a FPS (I remember a racing game). Once the engine is up and running, you can code the actual "game implementation" anyway you like, ie any game style. I'm pretty sure somebody could evolve Doom3 into a RTS, given enough time and incentive.
But you didn't mention it, that's why I mentionned it.
To your second paragraph: same thing with healthcare. The public system offers you something. If you don't like what's offered (financed by everybody), you're free to go get a doctor which is not affiliated to the RAMQ. Of course you'll pay much higher than if you went to the nearest hospital. But it's your choice. In a restaurant, if you don't like today's soup, you can choose another one, but it'll be costlier.
To your third paragraph: what I'm saying is it's absolutely possible (and usually more efficient) to pickup English as a second language elsewhere than in elementary and secondary school. Are there much English public schools in Germany or in Russia? Are German or Russian scientists at a disavantage because of that? Not to my knowledge. Same thing for Chinese or Japanese scientists. So why would Quebecers be any different?
Last point, I promise: you mention the cost of education as a limiting factor, then you jump to the absolutely cream of the academic crop. You're well aware that such colleges and universities charge an arm and a leg to attend, are you? If you really want to go, you'll pay. Else, you go elsewhere.
The real question is, what the hell does this have to do with anything? The parent poster was not an American, he identified himself as a Canadian living in Quebec. Why bring the US into this?
People often talk about something without knowing anything about it. From abroad, the situation in Québec is often depicted as a French majority trying everything to get rid of it's English minority. By comparing the situation to the US (the vast majority of readers on slashdot come from the US), they have something closer to them to compare to, something they may have already thought about.
Furthermore, the situation of Hispanic immigrants living in the US is not at all like that of citizens of Quebec.
What's the main difference? Immigrants vs citizens? In both cases, immigrants need to attend school in the majority's language. Citizens? There are no Hispanic public schools there, while there are English public schools here. So Québec's anglophones are better served for their scooling needs than California's Hispanics (unless you bring me some other points to prove me wrong).
No, I don't think it's used only in the south. It was just because for a foreigner, it's easier to associate that word with the southern US.
The fact that the younger generation tries to get that word back, or to wash it from the older meaning, shouldn't prevent (at least for now, since the old connotation is still very much present) a government to ban it's use in its official communications.
The words "national socialism" or "SS" are dead, no matter which new meaning you try to retrofit in them. If Jews (and other persecuted peoples by the Nazis around WWII) begin to use them for something else, they'll have a hard time.
Minor nits on the status of English schools in Québec.
Any private school is free to offer an English only curriculum, as long as they don't receive money from the government (the vast majority of private schools receive some, usually more than what parents pay per child, and not that far from what public schools receive).
Also, children of parents who studied mostly in English in Canada (not only Québec) can attend public English school, which offer the same things (although in English rather than in French) than other French public school. Are there Spanish public schools in the southern US?
Another point: all this applies to elementary and secondary schools only. College and up are not bound by those rules, so you're free to get your higher education in whatever language you want, even in public institutions.
Two last things: please note that the teaching language is an object of debate here since quite a few years now, and that the main goal of the past and existing (and probably future) laws on the subject is to facilitate the integration of immigrants to the majority French-speaking population. And it's entirely possible to attend public French school and become quite accustomed to English, provided you practice outside. A second language practiced a few hours per week won't be perfected, you need much more practice in reading, listening, speaking and writing for that.
As has already been mentionned, it's only for government agencies and related (and hence their employees, at least in official communications, whether internal or external). I sure hope that the southern US states insist that their employees don't use the word "nigger" in those circumstances.
Insisting on the use of one word (or insisting on the non-usage of another) can be a bad idea sometimes, but there's a whole lot of times when it's a good idea.
I know ozone is already used in various water treatment plants around the world. And there's a company (TSO3) which manufactures enclosures to disinfect tools used in surgery, especially tools which cannot withstand the heat used by other enclosures. Of course, being manufactured for surgeons, it'll be quite pricier than something of more general use, but electronics will much probably withstand such a treatment.
Disclaimer: I own some of their stock, although I'm not an employee or otherwise affiliated with them.
I played that version last weekend, and I enjoyed it also. The adventure cards give it a different twist, much different than the missions now bundled in the classical game.
The Fellowship adds another random twist also: you're not sure if this turn will be the last of the game, or the next player will be able to play one after you.
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Currently, there's only one wineserver process launched to serve all Wine threads for a given user. What happens though, is that there are at least two context switches for each request to the wineserver. A shared memory wineserver architecture allow a Wine thread to access some data without any context switch, by only reading part of the shared memory of the wineserver. Thus the speed increase.
At the last Wineconf in January, Gavriel State (of Transgaming) showed a short demo of American McGee's Alice with a partial shared memory wineserver, and the increase in the fps was about two fold (yes, double of what it was with the current design).
If you had come here last Monday, it'd have been a bit higher than that. It was 98.9 cents a liter (the conversion depends on the rate between $US ans $CAN, but should be around 2.70$US/gal) at the time, and the local medias think it will be higher than that at the beginning of next week (as in, some gas station will need to tack a "1" someway or another in front of the usual digits for the price).
Going back to cycling in the winter, there are a couple bicycle courriers in downtown Montréal (and probably other major northern cities as well, like Ottawa and Toronto) which work all year long, doing nearly 100 km per day going from building to building, trying to avoid pedestrians while going as fast as possible in everyday traffic.
55 kph, not 55mph. They reach 55mph in descents, but the hour record (1 hour in a velodrome) is something around 60 km. I'm not sure if Indurain is still the record bearer for that one, he was a few years ago.
As for being unable to draw at all, this is a system for design engineers. As I understand it, design engineers take mechanical drawing. Computers are great for final plans, but you still need drawing skills for the concept sketches, yes? No?
The very first ideas might be sketched with pen and paper, but after that it's way easier to design it in CAD, raffining parts as the details are worked out. That way, you don't have to resketch completely a part because you need it in two different parts to be assembled rather than a whole one, or for whatever better reasons. Of course, you don't do the layouts (the technical drawings actually used to manufacture the part) until the details are worked out so as not to redo them 2 or 3 times, but the first use of any modern CAD software is 3d modeling, where the part takes form. And that is way more powerful than pen and paper.
Somebody used to twist his ring...
But even the first man to go on Mars is brought back (John something). And the 100 first also, since after them big time Mars exploitation starts with workers from Earth. Obviously you want to ship back the stuff you mine...
Agreed. Although in some parts of Canada, the governments want to use some kind of electronic voting machines so the results are known faster after the closing of the polls. Personnally, I think the time it takes to manually count the ballots is already pretty short, so I don't see the point of changing voting procedure for another one.
The other thing to kkep in mind is that for a lot (all?) of local/statewide elections in the States, there are multiple things for the votes to vote on: propositions A to ZZ, one of the 135 candidates for office B, etc. It's easier when a single machine can tally all the counts at once, while manual counting would be easier with a separate box for each proposition.
Why having 2 PSU to the CD? The second one (only for CD) will be able to always power it if the primary is only connected to th MB. Since the CD and MB talk to each other only through the IDE cable, and this cable is meant to convey signals (ie, no current), there shouldn't be any problem with the minimal different voltages both PSU will supply. Of course, that means having the second one always on if you want to use the CD at the same time than the computer.
Of course, if it all burns in giant flames, don't point me...
I didn't knew Tom (or his editor) had relocated in Canada, because the last WD 7,200 rpm 80GB with 8MB cache I bought set me back $CAN 116. Either he's talking about a retail disk, or he didn't shop around much, or I got a much better deal than I thought.
Santa Cruz Operations.
The precedent version was 1.0.3.1, not 1.0.1. And it could save .ppt files (at least on Linux, but there's no reason it couldn't on all supported platforms).
At least, if you kept that button pushed, you could save your work and then power cycle the machine.
So I guess the disk algorithms from Knuth's TAOCP are still useful after all those years?
Could this have something to do with readline being GPL'd, and Oracle not wanting to release sqlplus under it?
Of course, readline (although it already exists) is something, functionnally, which could be reimplemented relatively easily by 8000 developpers.
In further news, the US Government replied that, "SCO owes us $2,000 per day of liberty, retroactively to 1789.
Isn't 1789 the French Revolution? 1776 is USA independance.
Too much nostalgia from the Cold War, when superpowers didn't duked it out between themselves but through proxy nations (and war). I can't comment on the SCO/Microsoft part, but I don't think Red Hat's actions are "guided" by IBM. They're hurt by SCO's practices, and now is the time to answer.
As seen on Yahoo Finance. Time to buy? :)
Consider that he's mostly "only" doing the 3D graphics engine, and that a couple mod groups have started to modify Quake into something quite different from a FPS (I remember a racing game). Once the engine is up and running, you can code the actual "game implementation" anyway you like, ie any game style. I'm pretty sure somebody could evolve Doom3 into a RTS, given enough time and incentive.
So it's better to learn a language outside of school. That's what I understand from your post.
But you didn't mention it, that's why I mentionned it.
To your second paragraph: same thing with healthcare. The public system offers you something. If you don't like what's offered (financed by everybody), you're free to go get a doctor which is not affiliated to the RAMQ. Of course you'll pay much higher than if you went to the nearest hospital. But it's your choice. In a restaurant, if you don't like today's soup, you can choose another one, but it'll be costlier.
To your third paragraph: what I'm saying is it's absolutely possible (and usually more efficient) to pickup English as a second language elsewhere than in elementary and secondary school. Are there much English public schools in Germany or in Russia? Are German or Russian scientists at a disavantage because of that? Not to my knowledge. Same thing for Chinese or Japanese scientists. So why would Quebecers be any different?
Last point, I promise: you mention the cost of education as a limiting factor, then you jump to the absolutely cream of the academic crop. You're well aware that such colleges and universities charge an arm and a leg to attend, are you? If you really want to go, you'll pay. Else, you go elsewhere.
The real question is, what the hell does this have to do with anything? The parent poster was not an American, he identified himself as a Canadian living in Quebec. Why bring the US into this?
People often talk about something without knowing anything about it. From abroad, the situation in Québec is often depicted as a French majority trying everything to get rid of it's English minority. By comparing the situation to the US (the vast majority of readers on slashdot come from the US), they have something closer to them to compare to, something they may have already thought about.
Furthermore, the situation of Hispanic immigrants living in the US is not at all like that of citizens of Quebec.
What's the main difference? Immigrants vs citizens? In both cases, immigrants need to attend school in the majority's language. Citizens? There are no Hispanic public schools there, while there are English public schools here. So Québec's anglophones are better served for their scooling needs than California's Hispanics (unless you bring me some other points to prove me wrong).
No, I don't think it's used only in the south. It was just because for a foreigner, it's easier to associate that word with the southern US.
The fact that the younger generation tries to get that word back, or to wash it from the older meaning, shouldn't prevent (at least for now, since the old connotation is still very much present) a government to ban it's use in its official communications.
The words "national socialism" or "SS" are dead, no matter which new meaning you try to retrofit in them. If Jews (and other persecuted peoples by the Nazis around WWII) begin to use them for something else, they'll have a hard time.
Minor nits on the status of English schools in Québec.
Any private school is free to offer an English only curriculum, as long as they don't receive money from the government (the vast majority of private schools receive some, usually more than what parents pay per child, and not that far from what public schools receive).
Also, children of parents who studied mostly in English in Canada (not only Québec) can attend public English school, which offer the same things (although in English rather than in French) than other French public school. Are there Spanish public schools in the southern US?
Another point: all this applies to elementary and secondary schools only. College and up are not bound by those rules, so you're free to get your higher education in whatever language you want, even in public institutions.
Two last things: please note that the teaching language is an object of debate here since quite a few years now, and that the main goal of the past and existing (and probably future) laws on the subject is to facilitate the integration of immigrants to the majority French-speaking population. And it's entirely possible to attend public French school and become quite accustomed to English, provided you practice outside. A second language practiced a few hours per week won't be perfected, you need much more practice in reading, listening, speaking and writing for that.
As has already been mentionned, it's only for government agencies and related (and hence their employees, at least in official communications, whether internal or external). I sure hope that the southern US states insist that their employees don't use the word "nigger" in those circumstances.
Insisting on the use of one word (or insisting on the non-usage of another) can be a bad idea sometimes, but there's a whole lot of times when it's a good idea.
I know ozone is already used in various water treatment plants around the world. And there's a company (TSO3) which manufactures enclosures to disinfect tools used in surgery, especially tools which cannot withstand the heat used by other enclosures. Of course, being manufactured for surgeons, it'll be quite pricier than something of more general use, but electronics will much probably withstand such a treatment.
Disclaimer: I own some of their stock, although I'm not an employee or otherwise affiliated with them.
I played that version last weekend, and I enjoyed it also. The adventure cards give it a different twist, much different than the missions now bundled in the classical game.
The Fellowship adds another random twist also: you're not sure if this turn will be the last of the game, or the next player will be able to play one after you.